Fruit and vegetable pulp machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. C. S. BUOKLIN. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PULP MACHINE. No. 426,236. Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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(No ModeL) G. S. BUOKLIN. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PULP MAGHINE.

Patented Apr. 22, 1890.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES S. BUCKLIN, OF KEYPORT, NEYV JERSEY.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PULP MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 426,236, dated April 22, 18%0.

Application filed October 19, 1889. Serial No. 327,565. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES S. BUCKLIN, of Keyport, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Fruit and Vegetable Pulp Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a machine to facilitate the reduction to pulp of tomatoes, pumpkins, and other vegetables, and also grapes, currants, berries, and other fruits, and the separation of the pulp from the seeds, skins, &c.; and the invention consists of the construction of the machine and of its various combinations and. arrangements of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my pulp-machine on line 1 1 of Fig.2. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 31s a detailed perspective View of a portion of the inner removable sieve. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the outer sieve, and Fig. 5 is a detailed section of a part of the frame and a part of the bow which holds one end of the inner sieve.

The main frame of the machine comprises suitable standards or legs A A, cross-pieces B B, outer end walls 0 C, inner end wall D, and side walls E E. .At one end of the machine is constructed the hopper F, into which the fruit or vegetables to be treated are to be fed, which find their way from said hopper to the inner sieve G through the throat F in the end wall C. The said inner sieve is curved or semi-cylindrical in form, and the vegetables or fruits are crushed and the pulp Worked through the sieve by the beater arnis H H, which revolve with the main shaft II, which may be turned bya crank or run with belt and pulleys, as shown.

In addition to the inner sieve G, which is of fine mesh, and which is removable from the machine, I use an outer or lower coarse sieve I, which acts mainly as a support or reenforcement to the inner fine sieve. The two sieves are curved or semi-cylindrical, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and are held by the end pieces 0 D and side pieces E E of the main frame. The outer coarse sieve I is made fast by nails or other suitable fastenings to the longitudinal strips J J,which fit in recesses j'j, formed in the curved end ribs K. The intermediate bars J support the bottom of the outer sieve. The curved ribs K are framed into the side walls E E and fastened to the inner surfaces of the end walls C D. The bars or slats J also rest upon the intermediate plain curved ribs K, framed at their ends into the side walls E E. The curved end ribs K are channeled, as shown at k, and formed at the ends with lugs 7.2. These channels are to receive the end bows G of the fine inner sieve G, which fit snugly in the channels and prevent seeds, skins, and other foreign matter from passing the ends of the sieve and finding their way to the receptacle A This sieve G, besides being secured to these end bows G, is also secured to the cross-pieces G which unite the ends of the said bows G, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 5. From this it will be seen that the bows G, cross-pieces G and sieve G are independent of the rest of the machine and may be removed and put in place at pleasure. SieveI may also be removed with its slats or bars J. The said bows are by preference of steel or other spring metal of a size to fit snugly in the channels 7.1. They are simply sprung into the said channels under the lugs 75, which hold the sieve and when so in place theinner sieve is supported and re-enf0rced by the strong outer sieve I, so that pressure upon the inner sieve cannot bulge it out of shape at any point.

The machine is provided with a cover A, which is to be closed during operation, and it is also provided with a receptacle A to receive the pulp. The seeds and skins and all foreign matter not forced through the sieves are discharged at the outlet-opening D in the inner end wall D, and this opening may be closed more or less to regulate the discharge bya door or slide D (Shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.)

Having thus described my invention, what and bows G, to which the said fine sieve is I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letattached, said bows being adapted to fit in IQ ters Patent, is the channels of the curved ribs K, substan- In a pulp-machine, the curved ribs K, attially as described. 5 tached to the main frame and channeled or CHARLES S. BUCKLIN.

grooved, as at k, in their upper surfaces and \Vitnesses: provided with the outer re-enforoing sieve I, H. A. VEST, in combination with the inner fine sieve G EDGAR TATE, 

